It seems like people don't like the 350Z for some reason. I feel that there are far too many on the road (and driven by d-bags in my area for some reason). My favorites are 240Z and 300ZX(TT) tied..........and 370Z after. I didn't really care for the 260Z/280Z much because of the gimmicks or poor implimentation of EFI (in the 280Z's case). To touch on the inline-6 making a real Z.........I am a big fan of inline-4 and inline-6 engines, but they would be difficult to smog unless you have an inside connect and require builds to make power over the magic number (without catastrophic failure being almost a definite). For the CA18DET and SR20DET, that number was somewhere between 300-350HP depending on production model. Not sure what it was for the inline-6.
I love my 09 NISMO. Now that it has a bit more guts, I like it even more. If you put the same effort into giving the 300ZX and 370Z similar sized turbos and equal engine management (tuning, chip PowerFC, or whatever), I think it would be a pretty good match. The real question should be what would the cost difference. Take into account the costs when the 300ZX was 4 years old and the cost of parts at that time. Then make the compairison.
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 2007 350Z NISMO #0618: Zerolift | UPREV | F.I. | Greddy | Competition Clutch | Injector Dynamics | Aeromotive | Pioneer | JL
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